Effect of a low-fat diet on the incidence of actinic keratosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 330, Issue 18, 1994, Pages 1272-1275

  Black, Homer S ^a   Herd, J Alan ^a   Goldberg, Leonard H ^a   Wolf, John E ^a   Thornby, John I ^a   Rosen, Theodore ^a   Bruce, Suzanne ^a   Tschen, Jaime A ^a   Foreyt, John P ^a   Scott, Lynne W ^a   Jaax, Suzanne ^a   Andrews, Kelly ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0028213980     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199405053301804     Document Type: Article

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